Patents by Inventor Simon Yiu Tsung Wong

Simon Yiu Tsung Wong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for tracking items associated with read/writable tags
    Patent number: 8471684
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking an item associated with a read/writable tag programmed with a current identifier. The system comprises a plurality of tag readers and a control entity configured to send to at least one of the tag readers a next identifier associated with the tag. Upon receipt of the next identifier, the at least one of the tag readers is configured to reprogram the tag with the next identifier when a presence of the tag is detected. The control entity may be further configured to identify each of the at least one of the tag readers as being a tag reader that the item has a potential to encounter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Yiu Tsung Wong
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH READ/WRITABLE TAGS
    Publication number: 20100194545
    Abstract: A method and system for tracking an item associated with a read/writable tag programmed with a current identifier. The system comprises a plurality of tag readers and a control entity configured to send to at least one of the tag readers a next identifier associated with the tag. Upon receipt of the next identifier, the at least one of the tag readers is configured to reprogram the tag with the next identifier when a presence of the tag is detected. The control entity may be further configured to identify each of the at least one of the tag readers as being a tag reader that the item has a potential to encounter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Simon Yiu Tsung Wong